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Now the fun part, getting it to run. If you’ve followed step 1 and step 2, we have everything we need now. The end is in sight… Open up Eclipse, and lets get started: Run-as “dd4t-2-java clean install” Expected Warnings (JARs not in Maven Central) [WARNING] The POM for com.tridion:cd_cache:jar:8.1.1-1005 is missing, no dependency information available [WARNING] The POM for com.vs.ezlicrun:easylicense:jar:2.5 is missing, no dependency information available [WARNING] The POM for com.tridion:cd_core:jar:8.1.0 is missing, no dependency information available [WARNING] The POM for com.tridion:cd_model:jar:8.1.0 is missing, no dependency information available Install missing JARs Locally Download the following JARs to your machine, […]

Now you’ve got the environment setup in step 1, its time to get it working… which was easier said than done… You can start with the DD4T Archetype mentioned here, https://github.com/dd4t/dd4t-2-java/wiki, but at the time of doing this it was in a bit of “DLL hell” or whatever the JAR equivalent is. As an alternative, you can use my base project available on my public BitBucket. Clone the repo (https://bitbucket.org/chrismrgn/dd4t-2-java) to your local machine Ensure you have your SDL Web 8 environment setup, with the DD4T bits and pieces, and you can access your Discovey Service. Especially the items on more […]

To .Net developers (including me), Java is the devil. It is complex, not user friendly and there are endless config files to deal with. We are use to nice GUI’s and IDEs that “do it for you”. So, when I was assigned a DD4T 2.0 Java project, with SDL Web 8, my gut reaction was… run away!!! Once they’d talked me out from the desk I was hiding under, and I could avoid it no longer, I got cracking. Also, before getting into the weeds of it, a big thanks to Raimond Kempees! He got me over a few speed bumps […]